Table 1.

Clinical characteristics at baseline of the volunteers

Clinical characteristics	GS (n = 9)	GP (n = 9)
Age (yr)	55.47a ± 2.0	56,89 a ± 1.7
Height (m)	1.65 a ± 1.2	1.64 a ± 1.3
Weight (Kg)	75.43 a ± 2.01	75.89 a ± 2.00
BMI (Kg/m2)*	27.70 a ± 0.78	28.21 a ± 0.85
Diabetes	9	9
Hypertension	7	8
Smoking	5	4
Energy (kcal/day)	2144.6 a ± 643.5	2322.4 a ± 543.5

Values are mean ± SD. Statistical comparison of groups: means with identical minuscule letters in the same line do not differ significantly (P ≤ 0.05). GS group symbiotic shake, GP group placebo shake, *BMI body massindex